According to GLaDOS@Home, calculations are complete for two of the 13 games, as players look to trigger an early release of Portal 2. Both The Wonderful End of the World and 1... 2... 3... Kick It are complete, and a Dejobaan triple-play looms, as it looks likely that AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity will be next.

Riker wrote on Apr 17, 2011, 09:57:Bah! I'm still bitter I won't get a chance to play the game before the weekend is over.

Valve - next time, don't bother.

And this I believe is the real rub. If it's released any time before 9am PDT on the 19th then it's indeed early, but if it's released mere hours before, it's only technically so. Having the carrot dangled in front of them for so long with no significant payoff is bound to upset a number of people. People don't like to be toyed with.

Ultimately if this gets released early that will be great. But a few hours early on a weekday is not what most people have in mind when you use term "early release", so don't be surprised if some (or a lot of) people end up being cranky over it.